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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Crow and eggs and Dulles!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I know it’s not exactly chic for a know-it-all to admit he was wrong. But you’ve probably noticed by now that I don’t always operate with a strict set of rules, here or anywhere else.
And I’m more than willing to admit that after one viewing (interspersed with yet another tour de force episode of 24 - sans my main man Curtis, of course) I could have been wrong about this whole AI and Carmelo Anthony thing working in Denver (this just hit me while I’m waiting for a connection to Chicago at Dulles Aipport).
Sure, it was just one game. I know that.
Let’s see them do it in the playoffs, you’re thinking. Me too.
But you have to admit that they looked pretty dang good running up and down the belly of the Memphis Grizzly(ies) last night. Melo and AI are the perfect yin and yang for each other while also looking like Melo Powers and Mini-Me with their matching cornrows, headbands, tattoos and armbands.
Seriously, though, I can see them making some major noise in the Western Conference. And not just because of those two guys, but also because of the perfect supporting cast they have around them. Marcus Camby, if he can stay healthy, is going to have a major impact.
And the Nuggets have to now rank up there with everyone after Phoenix Dallas as the team most likely to finish atop the Western Conference (I think it’s wide open despite everyone crowning the Suns and Mavs already).
So was I wrong to say that AI wouldn’t fit with the Hawks? I don’t know that I’m ready to admit all that. (There has to be another inside star to pair with JJ. Pau Gasol’s name has come up here, so you all know what I’m talking about).
Back to my crow and eggs breakfast …
I think Melo and AI fit together much better than say Melo and Joe Johnson. But I realize now how that you can never undersell a transcendent player in any sport. AI’s not just a great player, he’s a once in every other generation talent that’s still shining in the twilight of a Hall of Fame career. For me to assume that he would do anything other than create havoc for opposing teams that have to pick their poison when they face the Nuggets. One of the Grizzlies players told Iverson that it’s unfair to have to play a team with that kind of roster and firepower.
If that’s not enough to convince you to get on the Nuggets bandwagon, my boy Marc Spears said that Atlanta’s own Ciara was at the game last night with MTV personality LaLa (who is also Anthony’s fiancé). Ciara (and yes Spears said she was looking “buttery” fine as ever for you old timers) flew into blizzard conditions to see the show. When’s the last time Ciara was spotted at a Hawks game?
I’m guessing that she won’t be the last celeb to make Denver a destination point this season. And I don’t even want to think about a Nuggets-Lakers playoff series (I’m checking into hotel reservations now).
